Cairo, Nile & Sharm

Welcome to the land of the Pharaohs, welcome to Cairo, Egypt Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then will escort you to the hotel by an exclusive air-conditioned, deluxe vehicle. At the hotel, the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in, review your holiday itinerary with you, and confirm pick-up times for each tour. Overnight in Cairo.

After breakfast, you will be accompanied by your personal guide to the Giza Plateau to visit the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus – the Famous Sphinx and Valley temple facing the great statue; an additional visit to the Solar Boat in front of Cheops Pyramid (extra ticket on spot). Lunch will be served at a local, favorite restaurant, then you’ll proceed to the Sakkara area to visit the Sakkara Complex, and first pyramid ever built (Djoser Pyramid). Move to Memphis; the Old kingdom’s capital and famous Necropolis. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you’ll transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Aswan. Memphis Tours representative will meet you at Aswan Airport. Then you will be transferred by a private A/C vehicle to your Nile Cruise ship for embarkation from Aswan before lunch. Enjoy visiting the world-famous High Dam and the Temple of Philae on Isis Island, the Granite Quarries, and the Unfinished Obelisk. Dinner on board and overnight in Aswan. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sail to Kom Ombo, have breakfast onboard, and Visit the Temple shared by two gods Sobek and Haeroris in Kom Ombo. Sail to Edfu, and lunch on board after that Visit the best-preserved cult temple in Egypt, Horus Temple in Edfu. Take afternoon tea during sailing to Esna. Dinner and overnight on board. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Have your breakfast onboard, during your sail to Luxor, then visit the West Bank and the Valley of the Kings, The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at El-Deir El-Bahari & the Colossi of Memnon. Lunch onboard, then proceed to visit East Bank (Karnak & Luxor Temples). Enjoy afternoon tea during sailing. Have your dinner on board and overnight in Luxor. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast on board, disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, and then you will be transferred to Luxor Airport for a flight to Sharm. Upon arrival at Sharm Airport, you’ll travel to your hotel in Sharm and stay overnight. Meals: Breakfast. Note: Most flights from Luxor to Sharm are indirect flights via Cairo Airport.

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to Ras Mohammed National Park which is both a terrestrial and an aquatic nature reserve. The 480 square kilometer protected area lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba in Sinai’s southern extremity. The arid desert terrain of dunes, gravel plains, fossilized corals, and granite mountains is home to several rare mammal species: the Dorcas gazelles, Nubian ibex, and red foxes. Easier to spot are the local birds: like terns, herons, gulls, and ospreys. Thousands of white storks pass through Ras Mohammed each year, heading south during September/October and back north during April/May. About 85 flora species live in the park, including mangroves. Overnight in Sharm. Meals: Breakfast

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to one of the natural wonders of the Sinai, the Colored Canyon is majestic. Take a walk among dramatic sandstone canyon walls streaked with melting yellows, purples, reds, magenta, and gold. In certain places, the canyon walls reach up to 40 meters. You feel as if you are enclosed in a spectacular coloring book. Overnight in Sharm. Meals: Breakfast

Free day in Sharm or join our optional tour to The Monastery of St. Catherine located at the heart of Sinai and the foot of the Gebel Musa, or Mount Moses. Fronted by gardens and cypress trees, the monastery is owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Church. Its rich library houses the world’s second-largest collection of illuminated manuscripts after the Vatican. You can see the Burning Bush and a large number of antique works of art: invaluable icons, beautifully carved doors, exquisite wall paintings, and other fine religious ornaments. Overnight in Sharm. Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast at your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and then you will be transferred to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for a flight to Cairo. Overnight in Cairo. Meals: Breakfast

Start your day by visiting the Egyptian Museum, where you will admire the splendid collection of Tutankhamun alongside many other fascinating artifacts. Transfer to the Salah El Din Citadel which was constructed by Salah El Din in 1183 AD to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders. After that visit, Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came from Istanbul especially to build this great mosque for Mohamed Ali, the ruler of Egypt (1805-1849) who ruled for over 45 years. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant. Then proceed to explore Khan El Khalili Bazaar, Cairo’s old bazaar. Then we move on to Coptic Cairo to visit the Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, Church of St. Barbara, and Church of Abu Serga. Back to the hotel and overnight in Cairo Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel in Cairo – leisure time before your flight – check out and then transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure. Meals: Breakfast